Re: [4.4, 4.7 stable PATCH] acpi, nfit: check for the correct event code in notifications

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On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 03:58:06PM -0600, Vishal Verma wrote:
> commit c09f12186d6b03b798832d95289af76495990192 upstream.
> 
> Commit 209851649dc4 "acpi: nfit: Add support for hot-add" added
> support for _FIT notifications, but it neglected to verify the
> notification event code matches the one in the ACPI spec for
> "NFIT Update". Currently there is only one code in the spec, but
> once additional codes are added, older kernels (without this fix)
> will misbehave by assuming all event notifications are for an
> NFIT Update.
> 
> Fixes: 209851649dc4 ("acpi: nfit: Add support for hot-add")
> Signed-off-by: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> Note that the patch doesn't directly apply to stable-4.4, but using
> 'git am -3' works. Is this sufficient, or should I send a sepatate
> patch for 4.4?

I've made it fit :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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